WM was always resourceful, with a touch of class. Never rich, they always did a great job with what they had. An old World War II troop sleeper was converted to a kitchen car for the MofW Depart... (more)

UP maintainers lift a searchlight back into position at Cable, after it was knocked down by the derailment that morning.

A MOW track gang works on replacing ties on Union Pacific's Chippewa Falls Sub. This sub ends at Wisconsin Northern's yard in Norma, Wisconsin.

Wooah! How do you move track panels? With front end tractors. During a grade crossing replacement, one of the tractors rear end up-ended suddenly.

A train waits on track #15 while a work gang tackles trackwork on adjacent rails in the open shed of the Pittsburgh terminal, June 1953. PRR was in the process of renovating the station platforms... (more)

Times they are a changin'. In recent years, the demographics of the railroad crews at tourist railroads and museums have begun to shift a bit. It isn't just the boys who are playing with t... (more)

Roundhouse Ritual: The Alemite Grease Gun. In the hours before dawn, a volunteer member of the Nevada Northern shop crew uses a pneumatic grease gun to pack the rod bearings on Locomotive 9... (more)

It's a cold raw evening in the railroad yards and crews are preparing their equipment for a cold nights work.

CSX rail gang is hard at work on track 1 making improvements to the Cumberland Sub. Q400 with several engines slowly passes the men and equipment making some noise on the trip west.

A crew from Hulcher has just competed setting the rear truck of this unit back on the rails after a minor derailment. The only visible damage was a slightly bent pilot.

This is the sight two days after the derailment of at least 6 loaded coal cars bound for Bow, NH. There are two cars off the rails (rails all ripped apart and up) and two more on the bridge wit... (more)

The conductor on 470's train, gives the east switch at New Hampton a quick sweep, and now is in the process of lining the switch for the main after meeting a 361 train. The snow is coming down har... (more)

Great Western #90 gets her new number added thanks to Pete Lerro and crew and the new magnetic number

Passing the torch. One of the stark realities of steam railroad operations is that most of the men who serviced and ran the locomotives in actual service are gone now. Even the first coupl... (more)